The Saving Things chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:
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| F     Dm7   | F/C   Dm7   | F     Dm7   | Bb       C  |

| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
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| F     Dm7   | F/C   Dm7   | F     Dm7   | Bb       C  |


Verse 1:
F                     Dm7
 A journal that keeps all confessions
F                     Dm7
 Hope like the rarest of possessions
F                       Dm7
 A light that's left on by the door
  Bbadd9            C            F    Dm7
A feeling of needing nothing more

Verse 2:
F                   Dm7
 A cup of coffee, a vintage locket
F                Dm7
 Bandana in your jeans' back pocket
F                Dm7
 A song you know backwards and forwards
       Bbadd9             C
At the top of your lungs, here comes the chorus


Chorus 1:
Bbadd9
 The sound of rain on a roof that sings
F
 The first day in ages that feels like spring
Bbadd9
 Arriving at the end of your wanderings
A4        A   A4        A
 Don't forget, don't forget
    Bbadd9       C
The saving things


Post-chorus:
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| F     Dm7   | F/C   Dm7   |


Verse 3:
F             Dm7
 A photograph taped to a mirror
F                       Dm7
 The proof that once we all were here
F                      Dm7
 The scent of smoke curling from a candle
Bbadd9           C
Next to the souvеnirs on the mantle


Verse 4:
   F                   Dm7
A stranger's smilе, an old friend's laughter
F                   Dm7
 Letting go of what does not matter
F                    Dm7
 Radio's murmur in a midnight kitchen
    Bbadd9                           C
The things that you notice when you stop to listen


Chorus 2:
   Bbadd9
The gems that shine from a passed-down ring
F
 Love letters tied up with a string
Bbadd9
 Wildflowers fit for a king
A4        A   A4        A
 Don't forget, don't forget
    Bbadd9
The saving things


[Instrumental Break]
| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1   2  3   4 |
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| Bbadd9      | F           | Bbadd9      | A4  A  A4  A |

| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  | 1   2  3   4 | 1  2  3  4  |
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| Bbadd9      | F           | Bbadd9      | A4  A  A4  A | Bbadd9   C  |

| 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |
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| F     Dm7   | F/C   Dm7   |


Verse 5:
F                            Dm7
 The things you see when you close your eyes
F                 Dm7
 Abandoning every old disguise
F                     Dm7
 The past and all the days that made us
 Bbadd9                C
Again and again are the things that save us


Chorus 3:
   Bbadd9
The sound of rain on a roof that sings
F
 First day in ages that feels like spring
Bbadd9
 The place at the end of our wanderings
A4        A   A4        A
 Don't forget, don't forget
Bbadd9
 Rock 'n' roll, poetry, and symphonies
F
 The infinite number of infinities
        Bbadd9
And the beauty in just about everything
A4        A   A4        A
 Don't forget, don't forget
    Bbadd9       C
The saving things


Outro:
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| F     Dm7   | F/C   Dm7   | F     Dm7   | Bbadd9   C  |
(repeat and fade)